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Monuments in Lucera
CATHEDRAL
The facade is in terracotta and white stone, on the right stands a square bell tower, characterized by elegant Romanesque mullioned windows, at the top of which there is an octagonal lantern of the sixteenth century, while on the left there is an octagonal tower.
The interior of the basilica is a Latin cross with 3 naves and 3 apses in Gothic style; the ceiling of the central nave is trussed.
It was erected in 1302 and 1317 by Charles II of Anjou in Gothic style to a design by the architect Pierre d'Angicourt,
The cathedral houses valuable works, such as the baptistery, the 15th century ciborium, the pulpit and a wooden crucifix of the fourteenth century. The basilica is dedicated to Santa Maria Patrona.
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ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE
The amphitheater is of remarkable dimensions that testify the importance of the city. It was built in the Augustan era.
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Of the four original entrances only two remain, of which the most famous one facing the city where you can read the name of Marco Vecilio Campo who built the work at his own expense in honor of Augustus.
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Elle fut érigée en 1302 et 1317 par Charles II d’Anjou en style gothique sur un projet de l’architecte Pierre d’Angicourt
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La façade est en terre cuite et en pierre blanche, sur la droite se dresse un clocher carré, caractérisé par d’élégantes fenêtres jumelées romanes, au sommet desquelles se trouve une lanterne octogonale du XVIe siècle, tandis que sur la gauche se trouve une tourelle octogonale.
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amphithéâtre romain
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Des quatre entrées originales, il ne reste que deux, dont la plus célèbre face à la ville où vous pouvez lire le nom de Marco Vecilio Campo qui a construit l’œuvre à ses frais en l’honneur d’Auguste.
L’amphithéâtre est de dimensions remarquables qui témoignent de l’importance de la ville. Il a été construit à l’époque d’Auguste.
Au cours des siècles, il a été endommagé puis abando. Les travaux de restauration ont été achevés en 1945.
SWABIAN-ANGEVIN FORTRESS
After the defeat of the Swabians, Charles I of Anjou built the walls interspersed with 13 square towers, 2 cylindrical, 2 pentagonal bastions, 7 buttresses.
In 1223 Frederick II deported a colony of Saracens to Lucera from Sicily and erected a palace of which only the truncated pyramidal base remains
Inside the walls, which were accessed via four gates (Castel Fiorentino, Troia, Guardiola and Lucera), there was also a church. The fortress also had a drawbridge.
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